Engine DJ 5.0 from Denon DJ went live today. The headline feature: on-board stems rendering. It’s exclusive to the Rane System 1, which now becomes the first piece of standalone DJ hardware that can split a track into 4-part stems without an external computer in the chain.
If you don’t own a System 1, the update still has plenty for you. Every Engine DJ device going back to the original SC5000 (released 2017, which means that’s a hefty and awesome nine-year support window) gets RGB waveforms as an option, track star ratings settable directly on the hardware, new 32-beat Reverb Rise and Reverb Drop FX (for devices with…





